# Extension of Statutory Period for Compensation for Certain Disabilities Due to Undiagnosed Illnesses and Medically Unexplained Chronic Multi-Symptom Illnesses
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2012-10-16 · Effective 2012-10-16 · 77 FR 63225
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-25353
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 63225
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2012-10-16
- **Effective date:** 2012-10-16
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to affirm an amendment to its adjudication regulation regarding compensation for disabilities experienced by veterans who served in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Persian Gulf War. This amendment is necessary to extend the period during which disabilities associated with undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illnesses must become manifest in order for a veteran to be eligible for compensation. Additionally, in this final rule, VA will correct the adjudication section title that was amended and published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2010, but inadvertently changed to the original title.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/10/16/2012-25353/extension-of-statutory-period-for-compensation-for-certain-disabilities-due-to-undiagnosed-illnesses)
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